Curated OER
The Tudors: Who, What, When and Why
It may sound like the making of a daytime soap opera, but it isn't. It is a timeline that describes the many wives, struggles, kings, queens, and explorers that made up the Tudor Dynasty. You can click on the timeline to progress through...
Curated OER
Problems of Henry VIII
Henry VIII had a few problems. He wanted a divorce, he wanted the church's money, and he needed a son. What should Henry do? This presentation offers these problems as a task for your learners to solve. An activity based Powerpoint for...
Curated OER
Puritans Lesson Plan
Students determine if the Puritans were selfish or selfless. For this American history lesson, students read two Puritans documents, answer guiding questions on a worksheet, and use evidence from the documents to write whether the...
Curated OER
Elizabethan England To Glorious Revolution
Students explore the development of England from 1500 to 1689 in this eight lessons unit. The various parts of history affected by both political and religious factors are synthesized in this unit.
Victorian Web
Brown University: Victorian Web: Religion in Victorian Britain
The links provided show the different aspects of religion in 18th and 19th century England. The site also offers a timeline of religion and philosophy.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Religion
The site provides a detailed overview of role religion played in the lives of the colonists. Content explores how religion played a part in the Revolution, and the statute for religious freedom, as well as providing a lesson plan, a link...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Plymouth Colony Research Starters: Plymouth Colony
This site is an online resource focused on the Plymouth Colony. The site hosts research starters concerning the life and times of the Plymouth colony.
Other
The Church of England: About Us
This is a site that offers current as well as historical information on the Church of England. It offers information about the organization of the Church, the heritage of the Church, its history, and several more aspects.
Other
Church of England
Online home of the Anglican faith in England, with information about beliefs, practices, history, structure, governance, and related topics.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The New England Colonies
New England colonies and society were very different from the Jamestown and subsequent Southern colonies. Find out the reasons the colonists had for founding the New England colonies.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Religion in Early Virginia
This examination of religion in Virginia gives you an idea of where Anglicanism fit into colonial life there.
Other
American revolution.org: Sins of the Fathers: Religion and Revolution
An academic essay describing the ways in which "religion is an active if not a determinative" cause for the American Revolution. The essay describes three influential areas: (1) religion and liberty, (2) religion and community, and (3)...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: 'Reason Is but Choosing': Freedom of Thought and John Milton
From his politics and religious writings to "Paradise Lost", this article traces how the life and work of John Milton were guided by the principle of freedom of thought and how in doing so he challenged fundamental aspects of...
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The Pilgrim Fathers
This very brief entry tells about the discrimination against the Pilgrims in England. Click on links below the article for information about the Pilgrims in the New World.
Other
Britannia History: Henry Viii
Describes Henry VIII's six wives including details of each of the marriages and the Church of England's break with the Roman Catholic Church. Brief description of the effect of his reign on England. Includes links to other sites on...
Other
Pilgrim Hall Museum: Who Were the Pilgrims?
Pilgrim Hall defines "Pilgrims." They are sometimes known as "Separatists" or religious travelers.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Richard Hooker Quotes
This Bartleby.com site offers text of two quotes by Richard Hooker (1874-1937 CE) from his major work, "Ecclesiastical Polity"
National Archives (UK)
The Standards Site: History at Key Stage 3: Elizabeth I
This site provides lesson plans and activities designed to engage learners in learning about the drama and history of the Elizabethan era.
BBC
Bbc Religions: Featured Religions and Beliefs: Church of England
Compiled resources from the BBC about Anglicanism in England, with information on the history of Anglicanism, structure and governance, beliefs, worship practices, and similar topics.
Other
Global Classroom: George Calvert: Lord Baltimore
This is a short biography of George Calvert leading up to his coming to America.